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Where in the U.K. - Power Stations

Can you guess where in the United Kingdom these power stations are located ?
Power stations may be Oil, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Tidal, or Biomass powered
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Last updated: August 29, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 17, 2019
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1. Kilroot
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Kilroot power station is a coal and oil power station on the north shore of Belfast Lough at Kilroot near Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland,
2. Drax
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Drax power station is a large biomass and coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England,
3. Torness
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Torness is a gas cooled nuclear power station approximately 30 miles (50 km) east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland
4. Fiddlers Ferry
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Fiddler's Ferry Power Station is a coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, in North West England
5. Dinorwig
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Dinorwig Power Station known locally as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydroelectric scheme, near Dinorwig, Llanberis in Snowdonia national park in Gwynedd, northern Wales.
6. Lendrum's Bridge
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Lendrum's Bridge is a wind farm near Fintona, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
7. Gisla
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Gisla is a small hydro-electric plant in the Western Isles of Scotland
8. SeaGen
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
SeaGen was the world's first large scale commercial tidal stream generator installed in Strangford Narrows between Strangford and Portaferry in Northern Ireland
9. Trawsfynydd
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales.
10. Langage
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Langage Power Station is a combined-cycle power plant near the city of Plymouth in Devon, England.
11. River Tawe Barrage
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
River Tawe Barrage is located in Swansea, South Wales
12. Corkey
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Corkey wind farm is near Cloughmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
13. Steven's Croft
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Steven's Croft is a wood-fired power station near Lockerbie in Scotland
14. Connah's Quay
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Connah's Quay Power Station is a 1,420 MW gas-fired power station to the west of Connah's Quay in Flintshire in north Wales
15. Seal Sands
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Seal Sands is a gas-fired gas turbine power station situated on the River Tees at Seal Sands near Billingham, in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, which is part of County Durham, North East England.
16. Crystal Rig 2
Scotland
Northern Ireland
England
Wales
Crystal Rig 2 is a large wind power site near Dunbar in Scotland
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